shoutout to "annoying" (not actually) littles btw:
- littles who talk a lot: chatty littles, you guys are so fun! i hope you get to a point where everyone in your life wants to hear everything you have to say :)
- littles who vocal stim/babble: i hope can you babble as much as you want, you're allowed to take up space!
- nonverbal littles: you aren't causing problems by being nonverbal, you arent a burden or "too much work"
- littles who have a hard time communicating their needs: you deserve to be heard, even if it takes you a while to say it <3
- littles who throw tantrums: big feelings are hard, and being little doesn't have to always be pretty and fun. its okay to feel big feelings!
- picky eaters: im proud of you for eating, and its okay to not always want to try new things! any food is better than no food, always 💙
- permaregressors: you are not a burden or a hassle just because you're little
- traumatized regressors: i know big feelings can get really scary and upsetting, and i promise its okay to feel them.
you're a good kid, bubs. dont let anyone tell you otherwise 💙
tenna getting attached to the blue tarp toriel put on him when she threw him out because, to him, it means that toriel cared about him and that he meant something to her, otherwise, she would have thrown him out with nothing!! (coping)
Hii... idk if request are open... but if they are, could u please draw little spamton having a bad day(maybe hes feeling overwhelmed and crying) and tenna tries his best to soothe him?
Thank u in advance...
HI YES THEY ARE STILL OPEN!!!!! IT JUST MAY TAKE ME A MINUTE TO GET TO THEM!!!! SORRY!!!!!!!!!! #myprocrastination
usually i keep a screenshot of the ask in the corner of my canvas, buuuuuuuuuuut i didnt and forgot to add in tenna so i had to make a second drawing! hope thats ok!
yapping + not glitching version under cut
i think that spamton is very prone to meltdowns where he ends up hurting himself. i hc that in order to get people he saw as dangerous away while he was homeless, he would slam himself against things to scare them into leaving him alone. people dont want to hurt you if they see you as crazy and unpredictable. it became a bad habit, now he does it whenever he’s really stressed out.
tenna will be overseeing spamton’s play, helping him with certain things when he needs (spamton has very bad joint pain). spamton being quiet isn’t out of the ordinary, same thing for being still. so tenna doesn’t expect anything until his tube picks up static! he goes to assess the situation, and suddenly spamton is breaking out into glitches and is hurting himself in an attempt to self soothe.
most times his glitches are quick and over in a few seconds, but when something like this happens it can last over an hour. tenna does what he can to help out. restraining spamton causes further stress (spammy HATES feeling trapped/cornered) and he can glitch out of any position tenna puts him in, so it isn’t worth it to do that. tenna usually turns the lights out, makes sure it’s quiet where they are, and tries to get spamton to lay down on his side to breathe properly, which helps out a lot. unlike his quicker glitches, spamton is usually confused after it’s all over. tenna is there to comfort him once spamton can start understanding him again.
in the second image tenna is humming to him as he falls asleep :)! spamton doesn’t like a lot of noise when he’s little, but the white noise of tenna’s internals and some soft humming are always more than accepted (sometimes spammy even gestures to get closer to hear tenna’s parts, or tries to communicate he wants tenna to hum to him). glitching also hurts, so if tenna isn’t running warm enough he’ll grab a heating pad to soothe spamton’s pain
tenna wants more than anything to shower spamton with words of affirmation, but spamton needs to recover after all that :(! tenna worries a lot about spamton and wonders what would have happened if he wasn’t so pushy with that contract (spamton was doomed either way). once spamton feels up to it, tenna is definitely gonna shower him with all sorts of love and affection! theyre just having a quiet moment until then :)
While I’m in the mood to post art, here’s an older drawing I made of Kiki, this time with his CG, Clementine. They have quite a complicated relationship and I’d like to draw more of it. 🩵
Age regression is primarily recognized as a coping mechanism for trauma, so I like making art to reflect that. Trauma isn’t always cute or savory to experience, let alone witness someone else go through, and I’d like to draw more of it.
Kiki has always struggled with the fact that he age-regresses, and while he knows that seeking the support of others he trusts can help him with accepting himself more, he’s convinced that nobody other than Clementine would understand, since that’s what she tells him. He doesn’t second guess it. After all, she knows what’s best for him. Without her, he’d have no place to stay comfortably. He owes her a lot.